Last year, Barcelona launched a three-year Action Plan for the High-Traffic Area of the Sagrada Familia to manage tourism. Among the several measures is the creation of a 6,200-square-meter anteroom, ...

Barcelona plans to create a special tourist zone near the Sagrada Familia. This initiative aims to alleviate the ongoing ...

In a bid to stop overcrowding and allow locals to move around easily, Barcelona will be making a large public square at the Sagrada Familia.

In an effort to balance tourism and local life, the city will create a dedicated photo zone outside the iconic basilica to ...

Angry with tourists hogging the street, the city is hoping to create a zone that is dedicated entirely to taking selfies.

But the church wasn't always Gaudí's. The architect that was first commissioned to work on the Sagrada, Francisco de Paula del Villar, was replaced after disagreeing with its promoters.

Catalan republicans, angered by the Catholic church’s support of fascist rebel leader Generalissimo Francisco Franco, ravaged the churches of Barcelona. They sacked Gaudi’s old office in the ...